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John R. Evans C.C., O. Ont., M.D., F.R.C.P. was the Founding Chairman of MaRS Discovery District. Dr. Evans is a Medical Doctor by training and was founding Dean of the Medical Faculty at McMaster University and served as President of the University of Toronto. Dr. Evans served as President of the University of Toronto from 1972 to 1978. Dr. Evans serves as Chairman of the Board of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. He serves as Chairman of Alcan Aluminum Limited. ... He serves as Chair Emeritus at MaRS Discovery District. Dr. Evans served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Allelix Biopharmaceuticals Inc. and served as Chairman of Board of GlycoDesign Inc. He served as Chairman of the Board of Torstar Corp. He served as Vice Chairman of NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s board since the closing of its acquisition of Allelix in December 1999 until May 11, 2006. He serves as Vice Chairman of NPS-Allelix Biopharmaceuticals Inc. He has been a Trustee of Retirement Residences Real Estate Investment Trust since 2001. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of MDS Inc., a publicly held health and life sciences company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Dr. Evans has served on many public boards and advisory bodies, including service as Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation. From 1979 to 1983, Dr. Evans served as a Director of the Population, Health and Nutrition Department of the World Bank in Washington. He served as a Director of GlycoDesign Inc. He served as a Director of NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. from December 1999 to May 11, 2006. He served as a Director of Torstar Corp. since April 25, 1984. Dr. Evans received an M.D. Degree from the University of Toronto and Oxford and engaged in specialty training in internal medicine and cardiology in London, Boston and Toronto.

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